New Hope Baptist Church Cross - Calwood, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 53.986 W 091° 50.545
15S E 600379 N 4306290
Country Baptist church...
Waymark Code: WMX2Y0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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County of church: Callaway County
Location of church: MO-JJ & CR-136, about 2 miles SE of Calwood
Phone: (573) 592-0056
Pastor: Bruce Williamson
This old Baptist church...was fought around during the Civil War, the Battle of Moore's Mill was just east of here, and troops pasted this way during the battle.
This cross is a simple plain boards in the center of a small flower garden between the church building itself and the churches social hall
Sign Text:
NEW HOPE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Welcome All
Pastor - Bruce Williamson
SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00AM
WORSHIP 11:00 & 6:00PM
MID-WEEK CLASS 7:00PM
A sign of the times, no respect anywhere...TV News article abut this church: Church Vandalized
"Little could be found about the church in easily accessible sources. A church is shown at this location in the 1897 atlas of Callaway
County. The building on the map could very well be this church, though the building has been extensively modified since that
date.
"The church property contains the church, a social hall/activity/classroom building and a cemetery. The property is relatively flat, with
scattered mature trees and other vegetation. The cemetery wraps the south and west side of the church, with markers facing east and
laid in long rows running north and south. The social hall/activity building sits at a slight angle and is an earth-contact building with
concrete walls and a low pitched side gable roof.
"In many respects a typical gable-end church, this building faces east and has a centered entrance. To the south is an addition (date
unknown) with a low pitched shed roof. The only fenestration on the east elevation is the single leaf entrance sheltered beneath a
gable roof, single bay, porch. On the north elevation are two, small, evenly spaced windows. The building is clad in vinyl siding and
has a metal roof." ~ Missouri Department of Natural Resources